https://www.scmp.com/rss/11033/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the latest twist in the saga of same-sex unions in Hong Kong, the Court of Appeal ruled against Angus Leung Chun-kwong, the gay civil servant who asked the government not to discriminate against him by granting him and his male partner, whom he married abroad, spousal benefits, and allowing them to file their taxes jointly. The court notes that Leung’s claims were inconsistent with the local culture, history and tradition upon which the contemporary understanding of marriage is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2149386/gay-marriage-would-be-more-home-among-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2149386/gay-marriage-would-be-more-home-among-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Jun 2018 06:00:30 +0000 The video of two women hurling homophobic insults at legislator Raymond Chan Chi-yuen sparked widespread condemnation but there have also been voices defending the speakers' right to express their views. This incident raises interesting questions about the nature and function of the right to freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is not an absolute right. All common law jurisdictions recognise that there are limits to what one can say in public, even though they differ on what those limits are.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1822753/freedom-speech-no-justification-insults-directed-gay-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1822753/freedom-speech-no-justification-insults-directed-gay-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:00:30 +0000 The new academic year marks something of a revolution in Hong Kong education. For the first time, Hong Kong history will be a compulsory part of the high school history curriculum, a move which, no doubt, will enhance students' appreciation of their cultural heritage and arouse an interest in current affairs by providing a historical perspective. Yet it is not without problems. The move is part of a more extensive reform to the history syllabus of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education... https://www.scmp.com/article/468721/hong-kongs-omissions-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/468721/hong-kongs-omissions-history?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:00:00 +0000